. THE MOKNTN",Gh STAR, WflLMIHftTQy, SUNDAY, AUGUST, 3 1913
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TESREAU TAMEU THE CUBS
Easy Winning for Giant Twirler1
Phil Took Flnaf from Reds
Pirle Crew Annexed An,oth
" er--Cards teaye Ceifar
Biff Jeff Tesreaii,' who until now has
shoiro ' little form during the season,
started is t0 crime himself for the b;g
series next October by pitching-the
riantai to '4 twa toj one victory oyer
the Chicago CubiB the final game of
the- series y-estepday afternoon. By
winning yesterday's" game the Giants
made th series an; even break, while
th Phillies haw woi three out of four
jn the! Sjame tine. Larry Cheaey wtho
wen thf firs,t game of the series for
the Cvbj wm aain on the firing line,
and fursueheji a- hard fight fo the Mc
lra efcuv jailing half dozen hits
tot. Tesreaiitt tow. : ;
VThe PMHles won the finarengage
ment from the, Cincinnati Reds by an
eight tot one count, Rixey and Suggs J
engagtn m a mtGaing-auet. uggs is
sued two less hits than Rixey, out al
lowed tha Phils to bunch theiq in
three ymiags. , ' " . i
The ' Pittsburgh '"Pirate crew annex
ed ' theiv fourth . straight 1 from , the
Brooklyn 'Dodgers in the final contest
yesterday afternoon, Aaittihg Curtis for
a total of four runs-In the eighth m-njng-
af teF two' metf were tJown.
'- The Sti LoHiis Cardinals left the cet
lar by winning yesterday's, game from
the Boston Rravea. in a eamft rpnlptft I
with "hilliaht fielding and fast base
running.- ' ; ".
' "Big JefP on the Job.
Chicago August 2. Big Jeff Tes
reau retrievedi himself today, pitching
New York to'a' victory over Chicago
2 to 1. The.gajnje was hard fought be
tween Tesreau and Larry Cheney.
New York : .001 000 010 2- 6 0
Chicago- . . .oift ooo ooo r 4 s
Tesxeau and. Meyers; Cheney and
Bresnahah. Time 3:15. Umpires, Rig
ler and Byrpn.
Phlis Scorn Another .
Cincinnati, August 2 . Philadelphia
by bunchfng hits won from Cincinnati
today 8 to 1.
Philadelphia .. .000 200 105 8 7 0
CShelnnati . ' , .000 000. 001 1 9, 2
, Rixey and KiUifer; Suggs, Herbert
and Clarke. Time 1:50. Umpires.
Brennan and Easpn.
Pirates' Fourth Straight
Pittsburgh,-August 2. Pittsburgh
mada it four straight from Brooklyn
this afteruooa 7 to 4; getting?faur runs
off .Curtis, in the eighth inning after
two men were out, ,
Rrookli . -. ...000 031 000 4 10 4
Pittsburgh . . ,..000- 120 04x711 3
Walker, Curtis, and O. Miller; Hen
drix, McQuillan and Simon. Time
1:58. Umpires, Klem and Cirth.
': Cards Leave Cellar
St. Louis, August 2. In a game re
plete with fast fielding and brilliant
base running, St. Louis; defeated Bos
ton today 4 to 2 and incidentally climb
ed out of last place.
St, Louis 001 210 OOx 4 6 1
Boston . . . 160 000 01 2 9 0
Harmon and Wingo; Tyler and
Whaling. Time 1:58. Umpires, O'Day
and Emslie.
The ttevis cup is all in the pen
nant races are all in and the white
hopes have never been out So those
who 1 don't care whether Harry Var
don uses a niblick or a toothpick are
in for quite a yawn before the deci
sion Is finally made as .to ' whether
Bender wHl start' agains Mahewsda
or Marquard, will open, against . PlajUc.
LEADING SWATTERS
( The Tin leading Big Stick'
weeK EJiaing
JSoe Jackson is. again Jn the ad: 's battUtS nspion pf the American
Leagu haying, succeeded in outdistajxeing Ty Cobb just three- points
since last week. White Jackson was gaining?, one point during the- week
ended laL. Thursday, Ty was. sliding lack a couple of points to .398, ac
cording to published scores. Murphy,.' of the; Athletics, still holds- to
third place, while Speaker brings up fourth with .367". "The Athletics still
telaim one-third ot the 12 leading swatters," itf the ' American League, while
no other -team, has more than two- in the roll of honor. .. - r r, .
.The National League averages show Yingling. still at the top.. by a com
fortable margin, he- having participated Jn but one game during the week.
McDonildy of Boston, comes second, with -371. while. Hyatt, of : Pittsburg,
has moveilvp from eighth: ta third plape. Philadelphia and: Boston have
tnree. piayers. eacn m.tne rou ot nonpr tms.wee$.
AMERICAN LEAGUEl'
Player; .-' f &. A. FT. It.
Jackoni; Clevf 95 .74
Cobb, Sefr .-j. 7 23. 40
Murohy. Atli. . ..29 45 3
H. Ag.
J135 .401
i 93- -.388
IT .378
Speake?, Bo T ... 5 357 74 131 .307
HlMJrllon, Bos. . 28 ,U T 13 .351
1. Coulns, Ath ... 96 341 90 11 .340
Lajole. Cleve ... 8 270 3 91 .3;$7
Gadll. Wash ... 90- 331 34 110 .332
McTnals, Ath . ... . W 354 50.117 .334
Baker, Ath . . . 96 373 7 121 .325
CiMwuTX 'it. X. . . SO 34 5 It .324
Crawford, Det . . .100 3S2 BO 12 .314
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. STANDING OF THE TEAMS .
A AMERICAN LEAGUE
Won. Loit P.O.
. 68 , " 30 .(503
. 63 38 .C24
. 5(i 42 .571
. 52 51 .505
. 46 51 .474
. 42 60 v .412
. 41 64 .30
.31 , 64 . 327
Phlladelpbia
ClA'eland.. .
Washington .
Cbicago . .
Boston.. . .
I)etroit . . .
St, Louis . .
New. York .
RESULTS
At Washington 3; Detroit 2. -At
New York 1; Chicago 4.
At Philadelphia 4; St. Louis 1.
At Boston 4; Cleveland 5.
2nd: Boston 0; Cleveland 7.
WHERE THEY
No games scheduled.
IN THE MINORS
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South Atlantic League
At Albany 2; Savannah fa".
At Columbus 5 r-Macon 0. '
Southern. League
At Atlanta 4; Nashville 1.
2nd : Atlanta. 4; Nashville 1".
At Birmingham 1; Chattanooga
(10 i(nines. .
At alemphis 5 ; New Orleans 4
innings.)
At Montgomery 1; Mobile 5.
innings.)
(12
(11
Virginia League
At Norfolk 11; Portsmouth 1.
2nd: Norfolk 4; Portsmouth 5.
At Richmond 8; Newport News 3.
2nd: Richmond 2; Newport News 3.
At Roanoke 0; Petersburg 4.
2nd: Roanoke 2; Petersburg 11.
Appalachian League
At Bristol 1 ; Rome 4. .
2nd: Bristol 2; Rome 5.
' " American Association
At Louisville 0; Columbus 1. (11 in
nings.) At Toledo 3; Indianapolis 5.
At St Paul 4.; Kansas City 6.
At Minneapolis 3; Milwaukee 4.
International League
At Toronto 7; Jersey City 6.
2nd: Toronto 8; Jersey City 0.
At Rochester 1; Newark 10.
2nd: Rochester 5; Newark 4. (14 in
nings.) . , ;
At Buffalo 4; Baltimore 13.
At Buffalo 3; Baltimore 1.
At Montreal 1; Providence 2.
Manchester, En, V Aug. 2. Hans
Holman, an American long distance
runner, won the ten-mile champion
ship: race at a professional athletic
meet here today. , His .time was 54
minutes, 11 1-4 seconds,; yermeulin,
of 'France, was second.'
If, ' Tyrus . Cobb . wera ' an up-to-date
joung man -he,' would augment his
meagre salary hy bupsting into the
Chautauqua, circuit.... .,
Have your eyes tested by Dr. Vine
berg, the'Kya Specialist, Masonic
Temple. You will sav time "and mon
ey. Advertisement. - '
Men inch League for the
Last i nurse
NATIONAL LEAQU E.
Player r ' '
Yingalnd, B'klyn .
McDonald, Boa Vs;
Hyatt. Mtt8b -. .
It Miller. . Phlla .
Zimmerman, Q&lc
Walna.-'f hfla... .
Cravath.- Phlla .
W'.--Collins, Bob .
Daubert, B'klyn .
Hess, Bos . . .
Vlox. Pittsburgh .
Tinker, Cia . .
G. A.B. B. H.
. 23 28 : 6 11
. W . 182 2-4
.371
40.
58
1
21
. 47
. . 75
. 22
. 80
. 17
. 87
. 17
. 80
.74
64
264
26
281
3
318
41
284
278.
5
40
3
47
3
54
2
47
31
23
- &"
9
95
1
112
13
90
87
.359
.359
.34
.338
.3:13
.321
,317
.317
.313
X NATIONAL LEAGUE !
Won.
. 67
. 56
. 5U
. 4S
. 43
. 42
. 30
. 3S
Lofc.
20
35
47
46
48
43
59
ii
P.O.
.698
.615
.5i5
.511
.473
.404
.398
.380
New York-.
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburg .
Brooklyn.. .
Boston - . .
St. Lonis .
Cincinnati .
YESTERDAY
At Pittsburg 7; Brooklyn 4.
At Chicago 1; New York 2.
At Cincinnati 1; Phil .phia 2.
At St. Louis 4; Boston 2..
PLAY TODAY
Brooklyn at Chicago.
Boston at Cincinnati.
Philadelphia at St. Louis.
CAROLINA LEAGUE
Results Yesterday
At Durham 1; Greensboro 0.
t Winston 8; Charlotte 2.'
At Asheville 3; Raleigh 8.
2nd: Asheville 1; Raleigh 0.
Clnb:
Winston .
Durhiim . .
Asheville .
ltaleijrli .
tireensboro
Charlotte .
Won. LoL P.C
. 51 37 .5HII
. 48 40 .545
. 4i 41 - -52S
. 4(i 41 .52H
. :u 52 .400
. : 52 .3!S
INDEPENDENT LEAGUE GAMES.
Two Interesting Games of Baseball
at League Park Yesterday.
Two interesting games of ball were
played at League Park yesterday . af
ternoon by members of the newly
formed Independent League. These
were the first games of tne season for
the new league. During the remain
der of the Summer the league will
have games .every Saturday afternoon.
. The first game between the Wil
mington Juniors and the Giants was
won by the former, the score being
4 to 3. There was good playing on
both sides,' and the game was a tight
one. The. batteries were, for the Jun
iors, Hunt and Shore; Giants, Jones
and Buck.
The second game was between the
Iminanuel Athletics and Wrightsboro,
the score this time being 7 to 6 in
favor of Wrightsboro. The Wrights
boro boys olayed good balL but . the
Immanuels -were, not up to theft" usual
form. Lockamy for the lmmanuei,
pitched excellent ball, but did not
have good . support The batteries
were: lmmanuei, Lockamy and Todd;
Wrightsboro, Seitter and Eason.
RACING SEASON OPENS.
Ideal Conditions Greet Beginning at
the Springs Track.
Saratoga, N. Y.,. Aug. 2. The
Springs racing season opened today
under ideal weather and track condi
tions. Cock o'the Walk Won the Sa
ratoga handicap without being extend
ed. A few rods before the finish La
hoe attempted to overtake the lead
er, but it was a futile effort; Rolling
stone was" a gctod' third.
. No arrestsvfor violations of the anti
race track gambling law s marked the
first day of the SaratogO' association
race meeting, although a force of depr
uties patrolled the track. Sheriff
Grippen said he had seen no violation
of . the law. A large force of prjyate
detectives employed by the associa
tion also was on duty. Private' bet
tors will be protected, but book-making
will be prohibited according to a
ruling made by District Attorney Mc
Kelvey. '
GRAND CIRCUIT RACES. ,
Get-Away . Day Attracts Smallest
Crowd; of Week's Events,"
Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 2. Get
away day at the. Grand . Circuit race
meet here today attracted the. small
est crowd of the week, to which was
offered a programme of races rather
poor by contrast with those which
preceded it' "
The 2106: trot, a new classification,
failed to develop the speed looked, for.
Ross B,; favorite, was an easy winner.'
The 2:13 pace was a race between
Auto Zombr and - Herman Wenger,
the winner. - ; :.- '; ,--r :.,.; -;
The 2:16 trot belonged to Lord Dew
ey from the first turn, of the wheel.
Directly, after the races the horses
began moving- on for the Kalamazoo
meeting; next' week-.: Much sickness
ia. prevalent . about the stables, the
malady being listed by veterinarians
a 5,nort- of typhoid distemper: Eight
of Cox's string were- reported indis
posed. " ; . ;
"II:
ATHLETICS ANNEX ANOTHER
Made Brown Series . Even Break
Johnson Back and Senators Won.
Naps Took Twd. More
White Sox Won.
The Athletics, by capturing the final
game with the St. Louis Browns yes
terday, made the series an even
break, after the bunch from Missouri
had clearly cited Mack to the fact
that the aforementioned Browns un
doubtedly possessed the necessary
and essential proclivities, capabilities
and ability to put .the- league leaders
in Dutch, or in other words "what it
. took to get- Mack's goat, they had it"
President Wilson went out to the
Washington ball park yesterday after
noon to welcome Walter Johnson
back to the game after a-lay-off of
eight days, and upholding his record
for the season, the President saw
Johnson pitch the Senators to a 3 to
2 victory over the Detroit Tigers in
the final game jbf the series. It was
the sixth anniversary of Johnson's big
league career, and- he was presented
with a huge loving cup stuffed with
ten dollar Williams.
"The Cleveland Naps- made it fiye
straights .over i tfie Boston Red Sox
by winning th& concluding argument
yesterday afternoon. -.The Naps are
now only six and a half games below
the Athletics, or 69 points, which is
less than New York's lead over the
Phillies. -
The White Sox came to life in yes
terday's final with the New York Yan
kees, and won the game by a 4 to 1
score.
Athletics Back.
Philadelphia,- Aug. 2. By winning
today's game from St Louis 4 to 1,
Philadelphia got an even sbreak in
the scrips
St. Louis ' .100 000 0001 4 0
Philadelphia ....100 120 OOx 4 11 2
Hamilton and .Alexander and McAl
lister; Brown and Lappu; time 1:50;
umpires Hildebrand and Evans.
Johnson1 Day at Capital.
Washington, Augi 2. "Johnson
Day" attracted President Wilson and
the largest crowd of the season to the
American League park today to see
Walter Johnson, Washington's star
pitcher, presented with a huge silver
loving cup filled with crisp new. ?10
bills. Johnson won his game 3 to 2.
The day marked the sixth anniversary
of the pitcher's big league career. The
cup was presented by the "fans". In
it was more than $500 in bills.
Detroit" .000 001 0012 9 4
Washington 000 120 OOx 3 6 3
Dauss and McKee; Johnson and
Ainsmith; time 1:50; umpires Fergu
son and Connolly.
Naps Make Five Straight.
Boston, Aug. 2. Cleveland made itj
five straight victories over Boston to-t
day, winning both games of at double
header 5 to 4 and 7 to 0. V
Cleveland .. 030 002 000 5 12 1
Boston , 020 020 0004 10 2.
Gregg and O'Neil; Bedient and Car-
rigah; time 2:08; umpires O'Loughlin
and Sheridan. '
Second game :
Cleveland ...... 100 002 0317 13 0-
Boston ........ .000 000 0000. 3 4
Mitchell and Carisch; Foster, Hall,
Cheney and Thomas and Nunemaker;
time 1 : 57 ; umpires Q'Loughlin and
Sheridan.
White Sox Retrieved.-
Now York, Aug. 2. Chicago emerg
ed from its long losing styeak today
and defeated New York 4 to 1.
Chicago . . . ... .030 100 0064 6 0
New York .... . .000 001 0001 4 2
Scott and Kuhn; Warhop, McCon
nell and Sweeney; time 1:45; umpires
Bgan and Dineen. : ' : ; ' ; ' -
' Christy Mathewson, they - say,1 will
succeed Dave Fultz as president of the
Players'-' Fraternity, i- Then doubtless,
the frequent letters of complaint over
this and that to the National Cpmmis.
sioh will be of literary merit,' written
by" President MatheifrsoB's authorized
author; Jack Wheeler. '. Perhaps we
may even -have them- syndicated' .hd
their publication restricted under .copy-,
right --v. " -, - ;r
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Supper or breakfast ... ... 25 cents
AlLsea foods carried. All other
things in season. Largest and most
up-to-date cafe In city.
SHEPARD BROTHERS, "
Proprietors.. :
Phone- 15S 113 Princess St.
Baseball Yarn& w .
w v ,:And Comments
Eddie Ainsmith, who always catch
es Walter Johnson, told an amusing
story of how Walter fooled at least
one of the American League umpires
last year.
. . Said Ainsmith: "The ump was new
to the league and had never worked
behind Walter before. We were play
ing one of thef Western cluhs, and-be
fore the game started the umpire
came to me and asked me what Walter
pitched and If he worked the corners
of the plate to any extent -
"I replied: 'Yes, Johnson works
the corners a whole lot. You see, his
fast ball has, such a jump to it that
when I catch it outside the. plate it
looks like a ball, but in reality it is
a strike.
"That day," continued Aihsmitb,
"Walter was a trifle wild, and. pitched
a dozen or more balls a foot or so
outside the plate about waist high. The
umpire, to my surprise, called them
all strikes, and then I - remembered
what I had told him.
"It would have made little differ
ence, however, for our club scored
seven or eight runs and the other fel
lows never bad a cnance."
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John McClosikfey, whn Jhemanaged
the Milwaukee, club., had; several hob
bies. One of these was players' witn
blaek hair. Any player with a" dark
thatched roof could get a job on the
Milwaukee club by just asking for it.
Garnet Bush, who is now umpiring
in the Coast League, had just emerged
from the secretive wilds of Michigan,
and McCloskey, on the lookout for
new timber, called Bush aside . and
asked him if there was any player
that looked promising m the league.
. "There's a fellow at Saginaw named
Saier who looks pretty good respond
ed Bush. .
"Do you recollect what color hair
he has?" McCloskey fired at 'Bush.-
"Why, he is a blonde," innocently
replied the new arbiter.
"In that case," answered McClos
key, "don't bring him near me, I don't
want any. players around who have
light hair. They can't play the game
up to my standards."
The player Bush recommended was
Vic Saier, now playing a great game
at first base- for the Chicago Cubs.
Jack Bliss, - formerly, a catcher for
the St Louis Cardinals and now with
Sacramento, has a- solid underpinning
but his legs are curved somewhat af
ter the fashion of the pickaninny that
walkfe too soon. He was asked ; what
made him so bow-legged and told this
truthful story: One day in St; Louis
be came out of a mix-up at. the home
plate with both legs broken. A doctor
was called, a barrel from a - nearby
brewery furnished . splints., .He ;, was
fixed up and finished out the game
hence the curves. s .
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Edward FinneF, Coast League arbi
trator, was umpiring a game in Port
land some time ago, when a ball clip
ped a bat and sliding off struck the
official on the side of the head. He
became stone deaf in one ear. Recent
ly, while umpiring in Saerament, Cal.,
he was struck with another foul tip,
and to his surprise, found that he could
hear, as well as; ever; The. umpire
didn't say anything about his recovery,
but waited a few days with interest
ing results. It seems that the - play
ers, knowing which was his deaf side,
made it . a practice to express their
opinion of the umpire 4n low tones
when out of range of his good ear.,
They 'don't do it. any more. . -
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Tom Bannon tells a funny story on
Pat Flaherty. It was. in ,1&01, when
both men were playing at Brockton.
Flaherty was 'at first when- Tom hit
the ball to deep left. Bannon stuck
bis head down and made for first. He
looked up and was sure he could' make
three bases. He made third by a nice
slide before the balL The umpire
yelled that he was -out and Bannon
immediately started ; an ;l argument.
"You passed a base runner " said the
iinpi ". And' sure enough, Flaherty wax
oh second. After the fnnjing Pat. tpld
Bannon that he stepped on his . foot
when he was rounding second! ' ,
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Frank: Bancroft tells a stoxy on
Frank Dwyer, a former , pitcher for
Cincinnati. Al Orth once hit a line
drive back at Dwyer, which laid the
pitcher out cold. : Dwyer was taken
to a hospital, and; 4fter the game Banr
crofjt went to see how the' pitcher wag
coming around. " As- he approached
Dwyer's bedside' the. latter,; was just
coming to. Looking . up, he saw Ban
croft v. ' : ' -'y
. "Where are we, Frank V heU asked.
. "In a hospital," said Bancroft
- "Is it a cheap one?"1 asked. Dwyer,
Clarke Griffith has one pitcher" that
no One can hit arid another . one that
no one can beat..- If there' is any oth
er combination that can beat this, be
gin calling at once. t
That "Next Year"' Alibi.
The cry of "next yearT'fs ; with us
again in all its harrowing - phases. It
is, and has 'been for years, the good
old reliable alibi for owners- of losing
I ball teams- : ''Waifc 'fcnttt year.
and we'll have a winner . That a th
familiar strain. It sounds-good and
helps to soothe the 'faithful, if disap
pointed, fans:: .. : ! pi '
Naturally," the fellow who regular
ly contribute their qxarters, halves,
and, in many cities, dollars for exhi
bitions of their favorite game feel that
they are the principal sufferers when
their pet team fails to come througn,
with winning basebalt Of course, it
only imaginattony still it is difficult
to convince a "regular" r . fan. to the
contrary. However, the magnates, the
poor boobs who sink their good dol
lars into losing teams, are the real
sufferers. The desirability of a win
ning aggregation is driven home more
forcibly to them through; the medium
of empty treasuries.' : "
We are informed, ; that while the
Giants and Athletics and two. or
three other teams in the big leagues
ere exceeding their usual profits, oth
er teams for instance in St. Louis,
Cincinnati and Detroit are losers to
date and look to have little chance of
getting even financially on the season
because the fans bave lost interest;
in other words the? rockiest;, pajt of
tiro Rfiaw.n is still to be traveled by
a number of unlucky magnates. ,
. as a remeoy zor. unprupiiaKi witfic
lall, Garry Herrmann has again come
to. .the front with hia scheme for a
double season: He suggests a sched
ule in each of the big; circuits that
will wind up in July, to be followed
by another schedule in which Nation
al and American. League . teams will
be thrown together as if in cne league,
each team playing three games v qn
the grounds of every club in the rival
circuit, which would- act as a substi
tute for a world's series. Herrmann
figures that at this stage, when inter
est is at a low ebb, it could be reyiv
ed anew by the noyelty offered; in
such an arrangement
Better still, it seems, would be Herr
mann's plan plus a regular world's
series taeked on the end pf it.
An Eastern enthusiast has suggest
ed a novel change in the method of
conducting the world's . series, in
which he advocates a round-robin af
fair with the first and second teams
in both leagues participating. Each
club could play about three games on
the grounds of. its rivals. This would
require 18 playing days. The team
finishing with the best percentage in
the series would be the victor, or
and. he goes further the first two in J
percentage m .tne tour-cornerea se
ries could play another little series of
about uve games to settle tne ques
tion, of supremacy. . . . . .
Regardless of the merits or demer
its of these suggestions, no official at
tention will be paid to them before
the annual '.nestings of the two
leagues along in the late Fall or early
Wintor Anr! fho maSTintPS as si hrtlv
probably will turn them all down and
proceea along tne. lines mat nave pre
vailed in the pasJJutatinieht pro.ve
ct ' ia-niA tKiTttr for tho psmtt if thov fift-
qided to give one of the novel schemes
a try-out '-
Every team in the majors is within
a few games of the hundred mark in
total number played to date. Which
suggests a little trick ci figures. When
a team has played exactly a hundred
games, all that is neces sary to find the
percentage is to. put down, a decimal
point, then write tne total numher of
games won, and add one zero. If the
Athletic, for example, have played 100
games, won 69 and lost 31, the per
centage will be .690.
It looks now as if the Winning fig
ures of both Giants and Athletics in
the National and American Leagues
respectively are likely, to be over .700.
Including the season of .1900, this
mark has. been reached only four
times in the modern history of the
National lieague and no American
League champion ever -finished a sea
son with such a high average. In th3
National Pittsburg had .741 in 1902,
and .724 in 1909. The Cubs had .76u
in 1906 and .704 in 1907. The highest
percentage in American League has-
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fill i Sparging with life and ivholesomcncss.
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tory was that of the RpiI s. i . .
.691. The Athletics stored hp ,ear
best when they won out in ii ,?n?
.f80. One American Leaem
won with a mark nnHr .,5
of the Detroit club in lit'os.
' Joe Birmingham's and Clako n.
fith's weekly outbursts exn liLC'nu
baseball fans at large just wh? to
Naps and Senators are surf n k he
out the Athletics have at last
vuuiuc mai-i, wnu rarely siiph-. .
anythihg; but the weatherf to oSSw
mouth f oxpublication-w hich Z lhls
with combined disgust ' , 1
hnw" .Thfi and Claris r,,o., . Vu?s as
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the first division hut ao f .
ui in
nant mco wtiv tVir-o '.... "e Pen-
r r-v : i'r a"11 "o such
thing'
in his opinion.
While the Senators, Xans Whu
Sox and Red Sox all 'have alibi11 L
injuries, Connie Mack can '!L
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pitched only one full game before sick
ness laid him low. At that, though
there is no doubt that the other S
named have been hit harder rv,
White Sox without Walsh, Red Snv
without Wood and Stahl; anH with
out Lajoie and Birmingham, and Sm
tors without Cashion, Foster and c,i
lia all for terms of several wepk.
and several for practically all season
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The . Pirates nursed Hans Waenw
along by easy stages to tire him f .ii
blast at the Giants. Poor old Honu.
was in there doing his best when thi
now. historic "crucial" series cam
along, but the New York "jinx" CouW
not be beaten and Clarke's crew was
tumbled tiut of all chance of making
the. fight interesting. It's a funnv
thing how McGraw's men have beaten
the Pirates year after year in clashes
of the. two clubs when something wa
apparently at stake. The Phillies
may manage to lurk within eight or
ten games of the leaders to the end
but there seems to be no more pen
nant race in the National League than
m ua younger sisier. i
Consider the case of Snodgrass.
McGraw is pulling another ' Murray"
with the big fellow. In the world's
series 6f 1911, the victory of the Ath
letics was blamed on foozles ot red
haired Jarkf and the New York fans
yelled for his scalp. McC.raw keut
him around and last Fall Murray a
the Giant hero against the Red Sox,
barring the unlucky Mathewson, and
"Red" also played splendid ball
throughout, the regular season. Snod
grass was charged with the defeat of
the Giants for the world's calico of
1912, and he, too, was hooted and jeer
ed by unsportsmanlike Gothamites in
tne early stages of the current cam
paign. But the big boss kept him in
there every day, and "Snod" is no?
leading his team in general all-around
work, with a batting average well
above the .300 mark.
"Young Boehling lucky," states an
exchange. So was Caesar, but you've
got to admit the guy had talent along
certain lines.
; The Yanks - pick the Athleticj to
win the October series. We Mi
blame 'em. If some one had beaten
us i5 out of 16 starts, any shreds or
vestige of our pride would be inclined
toward the same forecast.
"The quickest way," says a sport
writer, "to start an argument with
Jack Miller, of Pittsbure. is to start
in by intimating that Hans Wapnerls
all in." Jack and Hans are old time
pals, and the younger player has
seen the old veteran kick in with too
much stuff to believe that he will ever
finish. "Honus , will be all in," says
Miller, "when he can't drag his glove
into the diamond or when he is una
ble to push' one of his hands in the
general direction of the ball. You can
play it -for a pipe bet that he will be
one of Pittsburg's stars for 1914 un
less he loses both mits in a sawmilL
-As. we understand it from gossip
here and there, no ball club can hope
to win a pennant without iuck, w
no ball club can have any luck until
they start winning. This should lead
somewhere, but we have no idea in
what direction.
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